Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a fragrance chemist can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a fragrance chemist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Fragrance chemists develop and improve fragrance chemicals by formulating, testing and analysing fragrances and their ingredients so that the end product meets the expectations and the needs of customers.

Also known as application engineer, fragrance formulator, fragrance developer, perfume and cosmetics formulator, fragrance product developer, perfume chemist, development engineer formulation chemist, flavour chemist, fragrancer, flavourist, perfume formulator, flavorist.

Professionals 36 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: sensory scientist, 30%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
sensory scientist 30% covered chemical manufacturing qualit… 26% covered chemical processing plant con… 25% covered chemical processing supervisor 23% covered chemical engineering technici… 17% covered fragrance chemist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from fragrance chemist, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a fragrance chemist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A fragrance chemist needs 19 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • decide on fragrance titles management skills
  • research fragrances information skills
  • create fragrances formulae handling and moving
  • test fragrances against customer satisfaction communication, collaboration and creativity
  • translate formulae into processes information skills
  • write specifications communication, collaboration and creativity
  • assess the feasibility of implementing developments information skills
  • run laboratory simulations working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • cosmetics industry services
  • good manufacturing practices engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a fragrance chemist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Fragrance chemist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a fragrance chemist’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.